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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the former family Papovaviridae, now split into the Papillomaviridae and Polyomaviridae families, of viruses that cause papillomas or polyomas in animals. archaic
2. 2
   any of a group of animal viruses associated with or causing papillomas or polyomas wordnet

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